Top 10 VC Funds & Investors in Zimbabwe (July 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Launch Africa
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, South Africa, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $200k–$4M |
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Thawer Capital Management (UK)
VC Fund
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1 | Zimbabwe | Series A | Payments, Financial Services | |
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Persistent Energy Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, Senegal, Zimbabwe | Seed, Series B | Energy, Solar, Software | $900k–$2.7M |
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Ground Squirrel Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Kenya, Zambia | Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Finance | $400k–$5M |
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Proparco
VC Fund
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1 | India, Kenya, Nigeria | Debt Financing, Seed | Financial Services, Energy, Finance | $400k–$153M |
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British International Investment
VC Fund
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1 | India, Kenya, Nigeria | Debt Financing, Series B | Financial Services, Banking, Finance | $9M–$130M |
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African Export-Import Bank
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, Zimbabwe, United States | Debt Financing, Non-Equity Assistance, Post-IPO Debt | Energy, Oil and Gas, Financial Services | $250k–$1.4B |
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Facility for Energy Inclusion
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, France, Zimbabwe | Debt Financing | Farming, Finance, Venture Capital | $5.7M–$200M |
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Aster
VC Fund
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1 | France, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | Energy, Software, Manufacturing | $1.6M–$27M |
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InfraCo Africa
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, India, France | Seed, Series B | Renewable Energy, Solar, Energy | $1.5M–$28M |
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Launch Africa is a leading Pan-African VC fund solving the significant funding gap in the Seed and pre-Series A investment landscape in Africa
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 178
- Round size: Seed $200k–$4M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $36M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Yamify — Yamify is an AI platform where intelligent agents reliably run mission-critical business workflows in Africa. Founded by Silicon Valley engineers, our platform automates complex operations by integrating humans, systems, and infrastructure reliably, even under connectivity, latency, and compliance challenges. Starting with on-prem deployments,Yamify is evolving into a full AI automation infrastructure for African enterprises.
- Shopstar — A place for makers and creators to start, manage and grow successful online stores. Our built-in design, payment and shipping methods provide you with an all in one solution. Get started with a free 14-day trial.
- Kashat — The region's first nano financial service provider, offering small productive loans, and serving as the entry point to financial inclusion for the un- and underbanked population in Egypt.
Investment focus
- Industry: Payments, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Zimbabwe
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Payitup — Payitup operates as a payments startup. Payitup currently helps consumers make payments for MultiChoice’s DStv service.
Africa's Climate Venture Builder - We believe in the power of climate-positive economic development in Africa. For the last decade, we have been working hand in hand with exceptional entrepreneurs, investing both financial and human capital to build successful climate ventures on the continent. Our companies offer competitive financial returns required to drive lasting impact.
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- Industry: Energy, Solar, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: Nigeria, Senegal, Zimbabwe
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $900k–$2.7M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ecobodaa —
- Altech Group — Altech Group aims at expanding access to clean, renewable, and affordable energy both for poor-grid and off-grid households.
- Beacon Power Services — Beacon Power Services is a utility company that provides energy management software and analytics for utilities.
Seed round investment in frontier markets and clean energy
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Kenya, Zambia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 70
- Round size: Seed $400k–$3M; Series A $1.8M–$5M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Grapevine — Grapevine makes it possible for groups to invite members, collect and distribute donations, establish a community and connect with nonprofits.
- Untapped Global — Untapped connects global investors, and foreign capital to opportunities in emerging markets. Delivering competitive returns, and measurable impact for global investors.
- Necessary Ventures — We invest in what the world needs.
Proparco is devoted to private sector funding in the sustainable development sector.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Energy, Finance
- Stage:Debt Financing, Seed
- Geography: India, Kenya, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 128
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$13M; Debt Financing $400k–$153M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nuru — Nuru is a solar hybrid site. Nuru (Swahili for "light") is a company dedicated to enhancing connectivity in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nuru deployed Congo's first solar-based mini-grid in 2017 and is currently constructing a 1.3MW solar hybrid site in Goma, the largest off-grid mini-grid in sub-Saharan Africa.Nuru is arenewable and environment company that specializes in the fields of storage micro-grids and solar energy. The company deployed Congo's first solar-based mini-grid in 2017 and is currently constructing a 1.3MW solar hybrid site in Goma.Nuru was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Goma, Nord-Kivu, Congo.
- BasiGo — BasiGo is an early-stage e-mobility start-up looking to revolutionize the public transportation sector by providing matatu owners with a cost-effective electric alternative to diesel buses.
- Ecoener —
British International Investment is the UK's development finance institution. We've been at the forefront of supporting companies in developing countries for more than 70 years.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Banking, Finance
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series B
- Geography: India, Kenya, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 152
- Round size: Series B $14M–$50M; Debt Financing $9M–$130M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Scatec ASA — Scatec is a leading renewable energy solutions provider, accelerating access to reliable and affordable clean energy in emerging markets.
- Wave Mobile Money — Wave Mobile Money provides an app-based financial solution to save, transfer, and borrow money. Wave Mobile Money is on a mission to make Africa the first cashless continent. On a continent where less than 10% of the population has a bank account, Wave is building the first modern financial network — no account fees, instantly available, andaccepted everywhere! It is building life-changing financial infrastructure. When mobile money succeeded in Kenya, it lifted about a million people out of poverty. And yet, over 10 years later, most Africans still lack access to affordable ways to save, transfer or borrow the money they need to build businesses or provide for their families. Wave is solving this problem by using technology to build a radically inclusive and extremely affordable financial network.
- CLR Facility Services — CLR is a leading Integrated Facility Management (IFM) company with a PAN India presence, providing comprehensive solutions including IFM, Technical Services, Business Support, Aviation Services, Production Support, and Floor Care Services.
African Export-Import Bank - Transforming Africa's Trade
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- Industry: Energy, Oil and Gas, Financial Services
- Stage:Debt Financing, Non-Equity Assistance, Post-IPO Debt
- Geography: Nigeria, Zimbabwe, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 60
- Round size: Post-IPO Debt $30M–$800M; Debt Financing $10M–$1.4B; Non-Equity Assistance $250k–$250k
- Lead/follow: 90% lead, 10% follow
Portfolio highlights
- First Bank of Nigeria —
- Central Bank of Tunisia — Central Bank of Tunisia provides a money museum that includes a collection of recovered Carthaginian coins.
- African Trade and Distribution Company — The African Trade and Distribution Company (ATDC) is a strategic entity established to accelerate intra-African trade and industrialization. company's core mission is to facilitate the distribution and trade of raw materials, minerals, and value-added goods within Africa, thereby shifting the continent toward higher-value industrial products.ATDC supports small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and smallholder farmers by providing trade finance, logistics, warehousing, regulatory guidance, and access to market opportunities. It focuses on creating efficient supply chains and expanding market reach for African producers across the continent.
Facility for Energy Inclusion is a financing platform designed to support the power sector.
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- Industry: Farming, Finance, Venture Capital
- Stage:Debt Financing
- Geography: Kenya, France, Zimbabwe
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Debt Financing $5.7M–$200M
- Lead/follow: 75% lead, 25% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Qair — Qair is a European independent renewable energy company producing and offering green electricity, hydrogen and molecule solution.
- CrossBoundary — CrossBoundary Energy's renewable energy solutions help decarbonize enterprise by providing cleaner, cheaper and more reliable power.
- Communication and Renewable Energy Infrastructure — Communication and Renewable Energy Infrastructure sit at the intersection of innovation and opportunity, driving progress in telecommunications and sustainable energy systems.
Aster is a Venture Capital firm with offices in 4 major innovation hubs: Paris, London, Tel Aviv and San Francisco. Since 2000, they have partnered with more than 60 teams of entrepreneurs that are transforming markets with disruptive offers and technologies. They are always open to exploring new ideas related to mobility, energy and industrysectors that they have been covering until now. They invest in all stages, with a preference for the early phase.They are more than investors and they intend to act as an ally for entrepreneurs by connecting them to a valuable ecosystem of experts, influencers and business leaders. From marketing to executive talent, their commitment to the growth of their portfolio companies as well as the entire venture ecosystem also involves the commitment of their dedicated Operations team, their innovation strategy consulting firm (Aster Fab) and a crowdfunding branch to further expand opportunities (Aster Crowd).Some of their success stories include Solairedirect (acquired by Engie in 2015), Digital Lumens (acquired by Osram in 2017) and Avantium (IPOed in 2017).
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- Industry: Energy, Software, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 137
- Round size: Series A $1.6M–$22M; Series B $6.6M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $281M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Easybike — Easybike designs and manufactures a range of bikes that run on electricity. It offers its clients two major ranges of bikes which includes Liberty range and Infinity range.The company is driven by a vision to democratize innovative mode of travel. Easybike was known as one of the first brands in France to have specialized in electric bikes andtailor-made solutions. Easybike was founded in 2010 and is based in Paris, France.
- Iceotope — Iceotope has developed technology with a blank drawing board and an open mind. So when we look at conventional problems, we find unconventional solutions.Built around our liquid-cooling approach and shaped by an extensive portfolio of patents, we’ve proven what our technology can do for HPC and data centre applications - dramatically reducingenergy consumption, space and noise. But it’s just the start. We’re going to keep innovating, working toward a day when wasteful, inefficient air-cooling is a thing of the past. We have created a business to look forward, but we’re also proud of the heritage that British engineering is built on. Iceotope is delighted to own the Made in Sheffield mark to show our dedication to the area’s tradition of engineering excellence. With decades of technical, design and engineering experience, we’ve established Iceotope as a trusted partner at the forefront of liquid-cooling technology. Now we’re investing to make sure we stay there: refining our designs, improving performance and engineering new applications.
- Aether Fuels — Enabling a net zero world through sustainable liquid fuels.
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- Industry: Renewable Energy, Solar, Energy
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: Kenya, India, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$3.3M; Series B $9M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Afresco — Afresco is Africa's fastest growing clean energy service company (ESCO) that leverages our expertise in mini-grids, C&I solar and large-scale IPPs to power businesses and optimize energy needs. Specialties: Energy efficiency, Solar energy, Energy production, Energy storage, Energy management, ESCO, and Smart Buildings
- SunCulture — At SunCulture, we strive to solve the biggest daily challenges of smallholder farmers. We use off-grid solar technology to provide our customers with reliable access to water, irrigation, lighting, and mobile charging, and we can do all of that with a single system.
- Mawingu Networks — Unlimited internet packages for your home and office. 24/7 customer support. Get connected today, starting from 2,500 per month!
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